On August 31, at a special press conference held by the Ministry of Transport, Wang Lei, director of the Salvage and Salvage Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, introduced that China Salvage is under the Ministry of Transport and is China's only national maritime professional salvage and salvage force.

Since its establishment in 1951, it has rescued 82,783 people in distress at sea, including 12,703 foreigners in distress; rescued 5,424 ships in distress, including 957 foreign ships in distress; salvaged 1,827 sunken ships, including 99 foreign sunken ships, and resolutely defended them with practical actions The last line of defense for maritime security.

(Reporter Liu Chao produced Wang Jiayi)

Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】